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Hello, Justin here again.

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In this lesson we're[br]gonna be checking out

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how to add vibrato to a bend.

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Lots and lots of people[br]seem to struggle with this.

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It's actually relatively simple,[br]when you know the trick.

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And the trick is:[br]To let the string do the work.

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Now, what I mean by this is...

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In all of my bending stuff[br]I have been using this note D.

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So, I am going to stay on that.

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That's... Third finger,[br]third string, seventh fret.

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Once you've got a bend... going,

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and I am going to be using[br]a tone bend for this little exercise now.

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There's a lot of pressure on the string,[br]

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trying to push the string[br]back down to its natural place.

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You are having to use quite a lot[br]of effort to get that note bent up,

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making sure that you are using[br]a good bending technique here.

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If you haven't got it already,

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you will not be able[br]to put the vibrato.

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If you're trying to do it[br]with your fingers straight

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without the thumb over[br]and using the pivot point

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you're probably not going to be[br]able to do a good bend with vibrato

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So... If you're one of those guys,[br]go back and learn to bend properly first,

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and then come back[br]and have a look at this lesson.

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So... As you bend up,[br]you've got all of this pressure,

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the string pressing down.

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Now, the trick with[br]adding vibrato to a bend

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is to first of all make sure[br]that you get the bend in tune and stop.

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If you watch my other vibrato series,

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you'll notice that I talk about[br]hitting the note,

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and then gradually opening up the vibrato.

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And this is quite important[br]with a bend as well,

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because you need to get the bend in tune[br]before you get the vibrato on,

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otherwise it can sound to the listener...

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that you never actually reached the note[br]that you were trying to bend to.

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So, you bend up to the note first,[br]then what you do is:

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You relax your fingers ever so slightly,[br]relax the pressure....

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Let the force of the string[br]push your finger down a little bit,

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and then press it back up.

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And it's worth doing this[br]really slowly first.

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So, we are going to go to a close up,[br]and just going to bend the note up,

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and then relax my finger a little bit[br]so it comes right down,

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and then push it back up[br]to the correct pitch,

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let it come down a bit[br]and back up to the correct pitch.

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Each time you are just going from here,[br]let it come down, back up,

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come down, back up.

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And you don't try and pull the string down

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you just let the string[br]kind of go back to where it wants to go.

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Don't fight the pressure of the string,[br]just relax it, push it back up,

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relax it, push it back up,[br]relax it, push it back up.

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And if you can get used[br]to doing that nice and slowly

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and you get the feel for it,[br]then starting to do it faster

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becomes a lot easier.[br]

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So, let's go and have a look[br]at a close up of this,

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and... Hopefully it will sort[br]your bending vibrato out.

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So, here we go,

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we're starting with[br]our regular note here,

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which is the note D: Seventh fret,[br]third string, third finger.

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Now, we are going to start[br]by bending that up a tone.

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So, if you are not sure about[br]your bending technique anyway,

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you might want to check it just first,[br]

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(Plays)

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Make sure you can get that nicely in pitch

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(Plays)

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Now once you've got the bend up like this,[br]what you are going to try and do

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is let the string[br]push your finger down a little bit,

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and then push it back up[br]to the same pitch.

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Let the string go back to where it wants[br]and then push it back up.

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Now I'm just going[br]to do that nice and slow...

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(Plays)

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Relax, push it back up,[br]relax, push it back up,

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relax, push it back up.

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You're not relaxing it[br]right back to the beginning,

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right down to the base,[br]you're just relaxing it a little bit.

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(Plays)

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Trying to get a consistent amount of...[br]Relaxation and pressing it back up,

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and trying to get it right back[br]to the same pitch each time.

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(Plays)

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And once you've got that down,[br]you've got that feeling.

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So practice that for a bit first,[br]if you're new to bending with vibrato,

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you want to give that a week or two[br]of practice, five-ten minutes a day.

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Once you've got that idea,[br]

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then you can start experimenting with[br]the intensity or the speed of the vibrato

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(Plays)

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You can see the neck is[br]wobbling around a little bit.

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Still keeping my good grip[br]and my pivot point

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like we did for the bend[br]

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(Plays)

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Or a bit slower...

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(Plays)

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You can get really crazy with this stuff.

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A nice trick is bending it up, back down,[br]back up and then putting a vibrato

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(Plays)

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Takes quite a lot of control.[br]Get the note up...

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(Plays)

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A little bit sharp that time for me,[br]actually a bit naughty,

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(Plays)

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... Then getting your vibrato good

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(Plays)

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Slow[br](Plays)

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Faster[br](Plays)

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(Plays)

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Quite a tricky one to get the vibrato[br]happening all of the way down.

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But, again, experiment,[br]just like I talked about before.

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Emulation, experimentation, and ease.

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Emulating people's bends, that you like...

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(Plays)

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Nice tip there,[br]you can do that sort of stuff

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There's a lot of things you can do.

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Experimenting,[br]like I was just trying to do

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trying to get the vibrato[br]to happen all the way down the note

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(Plays)

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You can go crazy with these things...[br]It's quite good fun.

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Remember, it has to be easy,[br]but if you've got your bending technique

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and you've got your pivot point[br]and your thumb over,

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then you shouldn't find it[br]too difficult at all.

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Now, the other kind of things[br]that you need to know about this one.

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First of all, if you're going to do[br]any of these sort of stuff

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with the first finger,[br]then you tend to pull down with that.

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Pushing up with your first finger[br]is pretty difficult,

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so you tend to...[br]

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(Plays)

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So, this time you're[br]pulling the string down

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(Plays)

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And, again, letting the string[br]relax back to where it wants to go,

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which in this case is physically up,[br]and then pushing it back again...

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(Plays)

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And of course, the same would apply[br]if you were doing a big bend like on...

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You know, quite low down...[br]If you are bending this here,

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this note D, which is fifth fret,[br]fifth string, third finger, up to E

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(Plays)

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You have to be... Relax,[br]push it back, relax, push it back...

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It's quite a good trick[br]to remember on those thicker strings.

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You're not likely to do that a lot,[br]so you don't have to practice that.

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You don't have to practice it as much.

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The ones I'd practice,[br]is definitely your third finger,

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I don't even bother practicing it[br]with my little finger

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because I don't really think that works,[br]and I don't know of any pro guitar players

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that do a lot of bending[br]with the little finger...

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Might be a couple of the rock guys,[br]but very, very, very few of them.

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So, I wouldn't worry about doing that.

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Very rare to bend[br]with the second finger as well;

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it's possible,[br]Clapton does it a little bit.

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You might want to practice doing that.

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I don't usually do bends[br]with the second finger.

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So, if you're using your first finger,[br]you're going to pull down

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and then add your vibrato.

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Most common bending with the third finger.[br]If you're new to this sort of stuff,

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I would just recommned practicing[br]getting your bend with the third finger...

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(Plays)

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And then let it relax and push it back up.[br]

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Make sure you practice[br]all the parts of the guitar neck as well.

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So, that's giving you a bit of a look[br]at how to apply vibrato to a bend.

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Of course, the same rules apply that[br]we talked about with the basic vibrato,

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making sure that you practice it[br]all around the neck,

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because in each different part[br]it's going to feel a little different.

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So, you don't want to just[br]try it in the one spot; practice it a lot.

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As you're practicing it, try and[br]get it right in the one place first,

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so you get the right feeling.[br]And then be moving it

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right up, as far up as you can go,

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and down as low as you can go,[br]which is probably second or third fret,

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you're not probably going to[br]do big bends in the first fret

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unless you have fingers of steel or you're[br]Stevie Ray Vaughan or something like that.

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So... I think that's probably enough[br]for you to get going on that...

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If you've got any questions,[br]check out the forum,

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look for the TE-009 area of the forum,[br]

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and we'll get your questions[br]answered there.

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I hope that helps, and...[br]See you again soon.

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Bye bye